Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

The appearance of Jinguji Budo made the originally lively arena suddenly quiet down.

When Mito Yohei, Takamiya Momo and others holding Sakuragi Hanadao saw the arrival of Jinguji Budo, they also slowly loosened the hands that restrained Sakuragi Hanadao.

"Damn it, you bastards!"

"I will not spare you!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who managed to break free, jumped up from the floor, ignored Kuratani Sora who had brought him to the ground just now, and rushed towards Yangping and the others.The few of them reacted quite quickly, and when Yingmu Huadao got up, they scattered and fled.

"A raw face!"

"What's your name? Why are you here?"

Jinguji Budou ignored Sakuragi Hanamichi who was fighting with Yangping and the others, bent slightly, stretched out his hand to Kuratani Sora on the floor, and asked at the same time.

"what?!"

"Oh!!"

"Shenshen. Hello, Senior Jinguji!"

"My name is Kuratani Sora, and I am a first-year student who just transferred to Shonhoku High School this semester!"

"It's in the same class as Sakuragi-san."

"I came to the arena to join the Xiangbei High School basketball team, please approve!!"

Hearing Jinguji Budo's question, Kuratani Sora didn't grab Budo's hand at all, and jumped up from the floor by himself. When he came back to his senses, he said nervously to Jinguji Budo, while speaking, Kuratani Sora also bowed deeply towards Jinguji Budo.

After standing up, his face was full of excitement and longing.

"In other words, is it a transfer student?"

Jinguji Budao looked at Kuratani Sora, who only reached around his waist, and said suddenly.

Afterwards, Jinguji Budao looked Kuratani Sora a little bit, nodded, and actually agreed directly: "Join the basketball club of Xiangbei High School."

"No problem, it's just a club activity, if you want to join, then join."

"Train with the players from the third team. If you can't stand it, you can come to me and quit the basketball team at any time."

"We in Xiangbei, the conditions for joining are not harsh. Whether you want to leave or stay is up to you."

Budou Jinguji readily agreed, but Nobunaga Kiyota and the others were a little surprised when Budou Jinguji agreed to let him join the basketball club. They didn't understand why Budou made such a player obviously have no basketball talent. people join the basketball team.

However, after hearing that Kuratani Sora could only join the third team, Kiyota Nobunaga and the others also showed sudden expressions.

Today, all players in the Xiangbei High School Basketball Club are divided into three levels.

The first step is called the first team. The players are all starters or important rotations. In other words, they are the first-choice players, who have jersey numbers and are eligible to play.

The second team basically has some basketball foundation and certain strength, but they are not as good as some of the players who were selected. After retiring from the Ministry, they will be able to rise to the top and be officially selected.

As for the three teams, they have a weak basketball foundation and are even complete beginners.These people basically don't have many chances to play, and they join the basketball team only out of their love for basketball.However, if some people in the first team train hard, they may climb up in the next few days.

The training intensity and training content of the players on the three levels are very different. The training of the players of the three teams is mainly based on physical fitness and dribbling.

The players of the second team will make some progress on the basis of physical training and basic training, and start to learn tactical running positions and some offensive methods.

As for the main players, in addition to physical training, there are also various special trainings tailored to the individual characteristics of the players. Most of the special training plans for the main players are formulated by Anzai coaches, and the special training for a small number of players is Jinguji Budo. will participate.

In other words, the only ones who are really valued by the team are the draft players.

"Three teams?"

Hearing the allocation of Jinguji Budo suddenly, Kuratani Sora was also taken aback.And at this moment, Yingmu Huadao also managed to catch up with Yangping and others, and was "beating" them.Hearing Bu Dao's words suddenly, Sakuragi not far away also looked over.

Interjected: "Brother Wu Dao, this guy has a basketball foundation."

"Although the level is not very good, it is no problem to rise to the second team and train with the players of the second team."

Kuratani Sora didn't think of Sakuragi Hanamichi's help at the beginning. He thought that he had just tripped Sakuragi, and Sakuragi Hanamichi was already very capable if he didn't get angry, but he didn't expect that the other party not only didn't care about him, but instead It was to help him speak well in front of Jinguji Budao.

"Basketball basics?"

"The second team is still different from the third team."

"If you want to join the second team, you need to have a certain strength."

"Sora Kuratani, I just watched the one-on-one bullfight between you and Sakuragi just now."

"Obviously, you're at an absolute disadvantage."

"But basketball is not a one-on-one sport after all. If you don't mind, would you like to try a five-on-five practice match?"

"Today is the first day of school, and I didn't plan to arrange any high-intensity training."

"Just after the holidays, it will take some time for the players to get back into shape."

"It just so happens that I plan to arrange for the players to play a few practice games to find out how they feel on the court. If you are interested, you can join us, right?"

Jinguji Budo didn't discriminate against Kuratani Sora, and of course he didn't mean to open the back door for the other party.

Their Xiangbei is a public high school, and students can join clubs at their own will, and martial arts will not prevent Kuratani Sora from entering the basketball club.

But if you want to play in the basketball department, you have to rely on your strength.

"Practice? Can you compete?!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Thank you, Senior Jinguji, I will participate, I want to participate!"

Seeing Kuratani Sora's excited expression, Jinguji Budao nodded slightly, then turned to look at the Shonhoku players.

At this moment, most of the players in Xiangbei have already arrived at the arena.

Although Coach Anxi has not come yet, as the captain of Xiangbei High School, Jinguji Budo still has considerable rights. There is no need to go through Coach Anxi for arranging training games within the team.

Seeing that the players had almost arrived, Jinguji Budo clapped his hands and shouted to everyone:

"Don't stand around and watch, those who haven't changed quickly go to the dressing room to change, and those who have changed come here to line up."

"Miyagi, take the players who are ready to warm up first, whoever gets ready first will have the opportunity to play practice games!"

"Quick! Move!"

As soon as Jinguji Budo finished speaking, the Shonhoku players who were still surrounding the area just now dispersed in a rush. After changing their clothes and shoes, the players quickly ran into the court to conduct warm-up exercises under the leadership of Miyagi Ryota.

Kuratani Sora also joined the queue, imitating other players and doing warm-up exercises.

The players who had changed their clothes returned to the arena one by one. Ten minutes later, Jinguji Budao let the players vacate the arena.

"If you're all ready, then hurry up and prepare for the practice match."

"Miyagi, you will be the referee."

"I'll arrange the players to play now."

"The red team, Nobunaga Kiyota, Tetsushi Shiozaki, Kakuda, Koichiro Nango, and Kaede Rukawa."

"Captain Yellow, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Ryumasa Oda, Ichiro Katsumi, Yasuharu Yasuda, Sora Kuratani."

"You two teams start first, halftime, 10 minutes, I will let the player who is not focused enough to come down."

"Get ready, the game will start in 2 minutes!"

Jinguji Budao clapped his hands, and then quickly ordered a few players who were playing.When the Xiangbei players heard the players arranged by Budo, everyone's eyes focused on Sora Kuratani.

The few people arranged by Budao are basically players from the first team, which is also in line with everyone's expectations.

But the guy named Kuratani Sora is a bit puzzled. What does he do in such a practice match?
Add an increase in difficulty to Sakuragi Flower Road and Oda Ryumasa? !
Although they were puzzled in their hearts, the team members did not show it for a while. In Xiangbei, no one would question Jinguji Budao's decision.

"Hello everyone, students from Xiangbei!"

"I am Kuratani Sora, please give me your advice."

Several players of the yellow team gathered together, Kuratani Sora introduced himself to his teammates.Oda Ryumasa just glanced at Kuratani Sora lightly, did not speak, but arranged things on his own:

"Sakuragi and I will guard the inside line. The task of handling the ball will be left to you, Yasuda. Katsumi will play small forward and defend Kaede Rukawa."

"We have no advantage in height, let's play zone defense."

"That. Kuratani Sora, right? Do you know zone defense?"

At the end, Oda Ryumasa looked at Kuratani Sora and asked.

"Yes, I understand zone defense."

"What...what's the name of this classmate?"

Oda Ryumasa nodded when Kuratani Sora said he understood zone defense, and looked away.Instead of going to Kuratani Sora, Oda clapped his hands, and his leadership inspired the morale of the team members:
"Come on, we will win!"

Kuratani Sora touched his nose, showing embarrassment.

Sensing Kuratani Sora's emotions, Sakuragi Hanamichi patted the opponent's shoulder and said, "When we're on the field, just pass the ball to us."

I didn't have any expectations for Kuratani Sora.

Soon, the two-point adjustment time passed quickly.

Players from the red and yellow teams walked into the field.The two jumping balls in the middle circle are Hanamichi Sakuragi and Koichiro Nango.Kuratani Sora followed the players into the arena, and then stood in front of Tetsushi Shiozaki in the middle circle.

After the summer, Shiozaki Tetsushi grew to 172cm tall, and after wearing shoes, he was 175cm tall, and his height was similar to that of Kiyota Nobunaga.

Now Kiyota Nobunaga's stature has also increased. He was 178cm when he first entered the school, and now he has reached 180cm.

Kuratani Sora's height, standing in the stadium at this time, is quite conspicuous.

Because the shortest person in the entire stadium other than him is Yasuharu Yasuda of their yellow team, but Yasuda's current height is also 167cm
It is more than ten centimeters taller than Kuratani Sora.

Not to mention Kemei, Sakuragi and others who play the forward position.

At first glance, Kuratani Sora looked like a child who had mixed in with the adults.

"This height looks really comical!"

"When Little Tudou looked at his opponents in the NBA, he probably felt similar to him."

"The difference in height will bring huge psychological pressure, Kuratani Sora, if you want to play games, you have to rely on your strength to speak!"

Jinguji Budou stood on the sidelines, looked at Kuratani Sora, shook his head slightly, but did not see him.

At this time, after the players from both sides finished their positions, Ryota Miyagi also blew the whistle to start the game.

"Beep-"

After a long whistle, the basketball was directly thrown into the air by Miyagi. When the ball reached the highest point, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango took off almost at the same time. Sakuragi, who was more explosive, reached the highest point first. Point the ball to the rear.

"Ohhhh!!"

"It's so high!!!"

Beside the middle circle, Kuratani Sora couldn't help exclaiming when he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nanxiang who were jumping the ball.

When he was in Jiutoulong High School, he had never seen a player who could jump so high!Xiangbei High School is indeed a super strong team that won the national championship!

"Snapped!".
The basketball was given to Yasuharu Yasuda in the backcourt. Just as Yasuharu Yasuda was about to dribble the ball towards the frontcourt, he keenly noticed that a thin figure had crossed the center line and quickly approached the red team's three-pointer. At the same time, Tetsushi Shiozaki, who was facing him, was thrown away by about half a meter at this moment.

"Yasuda, after taking the ball into the front court, give the ball to Kemei, and he will take the lead." Ryumasa Oda shouted to Yasuda who was dribbling the ball behind him while running towards the front court after the jump ball.

But before he finished speaking, a red light flashed directly in front of Ryumasa Oda, and quickly entered the front field.

Yasuda Yasuharu, the ball has already been passed!The target is Kuratani Sora who has already entered the frontcourt.

"what?!"

At this moment, not only Ryumasa Oda was surprised, but even Kiyota Nobunaga and others who returned to defense looked in the direction of the basketball in surprise.

At this time, Kuratani Sora received the basketball more than ten centimeters away from the three-point line, raised the ball with both hands, and looked directly at the basket.

Kiyota Nobunaga, who was at the top of the arc, realized that the opponent was about to shoot a three-pointer, so he accelerated and rushed towards Kuratani Sora.

However, when Kiyota Nobunaga stepped forward, Kuratani Sora, who was lifting the ball, suddenly bent down and dropped the ball, quickly passed Kiyota Nobunaga's supplementary defense, and rushed towards the basket.

Nanxiang, who had already returned to the inside line, saw the air attack from Chegu, and immediately stood up to defend him, but the opponent was too short. In order to be able to steal the basketball from the opponent, Nanxiang had to work hard to lower his center of gravity. The moment he got close, he made a steal.

However, Kuratani Sora seemed to have expected it long ago. When Nango defended, he paused for a crossover, passed Nango Koichiro in an instant and went to the basket, and then threw the ball with a hook and sent it to the basket. basket.

Concise, smooth, speed explosion!

The beautiful appearance caused the onlookers Xiangbei players to let out a low cry. At the same time, the basketball also rubbed against the backboard and rebounded into the net.

"well!!!!!"

When Kuratani Sora saw the basketball hit the net, he clenched his fists excitedly and cheered, completely ignoring the surprised expressions of the people around him.

"Damn it.?"

"The bankrupt version of Iverson?!"

Jinguji Budou couldn't help but whispered when he saw Kuratani Sora's excellence, he was also surprised by the opponent's clean crossover.

(End of this chapter)